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Senior Lecturer in Political Sociology, UCL

Richard Mole's research focuses on the relationship between identity and power, with particular reference to inter-state and inter-cultural relations, political legitimacy, migration and social citizenship and, most recently, gender and sexuality.

He has a strong interest in discourse - particularly, post-structuralist discourse theory - and in socio-linguistics and social psychology. He has a broad interest in Central and Eastern Europe but works primarily on the Baltic States and Russia and increasingly on Germany, Poland and Brazil.

He recently completed a two-year project on the Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles of London's East Europeans in collaboration with the Centre for Sexual Health and HIV Research of the UCL Department of Primary Care and Population Sciences. The project was funded by the UK Medical Research Council.

He is currently conducted a research project on LGBT migration from Poland, Russia and Brazil to London and Berlin, funded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

Experience

  • 2010–present
    Senior Lecturer in Political Sociology, UCL
  • 2004–2010
    Lecturer in the Politics of Central Europe, UCL
  • 2003–2005
    Andrew W. Mellon Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, UCL

Education

  • 2003 
    LSE, PhD International Relations
  • 1992 
    University of Cambridge, MPhil International Relations

Publications

  • 2013
    The impact of migration on the sexual health, behaviours and attitudes of Central and East European gay/bisexual men in London, Ethnicity and Health
  • 2012
    The Baltic States from the Soviet Union to the European Union, Routledge
  • 2011
    Nationality and sexuality: homophobic discourse and the ‘national threat’ in contemporary Latvia, Nations and Nationalism
  • 2007
    Discursive Constructions of Identity in European Politics, Palgrave

Grants and Contracts

  • 2011
    LGBT migrants in London & Berlin: between the ethno-national and gay diaspora
    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
  • 2007
    Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles of London’s East Europeans
    Role:
    Co-investigator
    Funding Source:
    Medical Research Council